Edit properties

Properties of components are edited by right-clicking on the component and selecting Edit properties in the pop-up menu. A dialog box will generally contain a set of property pages, as well as a button row. The buttons are OK, Cancel and Apply.

The properties are updated in the server when OK or Apply are pushed. The OK button also closes the dialog box. Properties may depend on each other and depending on the complexity of the component, the user may have to click the Apply button several times when changing a set of properties. The property pages will be updated each time the user clicks Apply.(A component may for instance create or delete properties depending on the value of other properties.)

Depending on the property, the value may be not validated when OK or Apply is clicked. If the user has chosen an illegal property value, a warning box will be displayed notifying the user of the error. The properties will not be actually written to the server component until the properties have been validated.

Changing property values of a component will generally change the behavior of the component. Ports may for instance be created or removed when editing properties.

Non-container components will display the property dialog box when double-clicked, where as the container components will expand itself when double-click.

Consult the documentation for each component for more information on the properties available and their meanings.